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• So far we know the glycemic levels of about 800 foods that contain carbohydrates. The focus is on choosing the right carbohydrates rather than avoiding carbs completely. It is neither a low-fat nor a low-carb diet.
• You may want to start with having porridge or oatmeal / low sugar muesli mix for breakfast, whole meal or whole grain breads, eating lots of vegetables and lower sugar fruits, switching to sweet potatoes from potatoes and reducing your consumption of rice and noodles if you’d like to eat more of low glyemic foods.
• Low glycemic foods tend to be usually high in dietary fiber too. By also adding lean protein and healthy fats into your diet, you will eat less and decrease the total glycemic index value of your meal.
• Dietary fiber, salt, sugar, type of fat, amount of carbohydrates and glycemic levels should all be taken into consideration when selecting what to eat.
• Although glycemic levels of carbohydrate rich foods do not usually tell you everything about a food, it is certainly a very useful information and a great tool that will help you eat generally healthier.
• There may be a bit of a confusion over GI values of foods: different values for the same item. This is partly because of glycemic levels being assessed by taking glucose or white bread as reference= 100.
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